Arab Executive Urges Hulda Defenders Be Tried for Possessing Firearms

October 3, 1929

Jerusalem (Oct. 2)

The settlers of Hulda, now in ruins, who gallantly defended the Jewish National Fund colony against the armed Arab horde, should be tried for the possession of firearms, the Palestine Arab Executive demands, complaining that the 26 rifles which kept 1,000 Arabs at bay for nearly 24 hours have not been confiscated.

The defense of Hulda by the courageous handful, sustaining only one casualty against two-score assailants killed, is considered one of the epics of the recent outbreak.

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